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July 18, 2012

Joseph O. Moffett

Stillwater NewsPress

Joseph O. Moffett, 86, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in Stillwater, Okla. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Strode Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater, Okla. Interment will follow at Harrell Cemetery near Cushing, Okla. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on Jan. 9, 1926 to Joseph Orr Moffett, Jr. and Myrtle Ester (Mathoit) Moffett in Peabody, Kan., He married Lucy Arlene Hodges on Nov. 13, 1944 in Reidsville, N.C.. They had seven children and were married for 64 years until her death in 2007. He was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and later earned his PhD in Entomology. Joseph lived in the Ripley/ Stillwater area for over 30 years, and he was a member of the Cimarron Valley Writers Society in Cushing, Okla.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Myrtle Moffett; wife, Lucy Arlene Moffett; daughter, Linda Sue Glazebrook; son Jimmy Don Moffett; and sister, Dorothy Harp.

He is survived by his son, David Joe Moffett, Wichita, Kan.; son, Terry Ray Moffett, Chattanooga, Tenn.; son, Steve Jay Moffett, Texas; daughter, Nancy Lou Elliott, Ripley, Okla.; daughter, Kathy Lee Howell, Tucson, Ariz.; brother, Robert Moffett, Peabody, Kan.; and two granddaughters, seven grandsons, nine great grandsons and sixteen great granddaughters.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Moffat Memorial Scholarship Fund, The Bank NA, and P.O. Box 999, Stillwater, OK.  74076.    

Condolences may be emailed to the family and an online obituary may be viewed by visiting www.strodefh.com.

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